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Originally posted by Timber Loftis:
As I mentioned, people with jobs who refuse to get tested have repudiated their contract of employment (if it was spelled out in the offer, as it usually is) and lose their jobs. Employment is a bilateral at will contract -- if your position has a requirement you cannot or will not meet, you can be fired.
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That is the legal position. That doesn't make it right imo that some employers include in their contracts clauses that effectively govern your behaviour outside of the workplace, which as long as you turn up and can do your work are none of their business. I worked in the Civil Service for 13 years and there are no contracts if you work for the UK government. As long as you turn up and do your job effectively in an uninhebriated state you are not in breach of staff rules - and I think that's the way it should be. The only times it would be an issue was if you were convicted of any offence (including drug related offences) because that fell under the clause about bringing the government into disrepute; or if you were caught using, in possession, or dealing at work.
That to me seems a fair and unintrusive staff policy.